Evening

c.1595-1598

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a drawing of a banquet scene. The depiction shows a group gathered around a table with food and drink. One individual is pouring a drink while others interact. The textures of clothing, tablecloth, and drapery suggest luxury. In the background, there is a smaller scene with mythical figures. The line work and shading convey a sense of realism and drama, typical of Renaissance or Baroque art styles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving laid on paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.1 x 15.1 cm (8 5/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.652

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 98, State i/iii

  • Series Title

    Four Times of Day (Plate 2)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, no. 98, i/iii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 685, i/iii

Inscriptions

bottom right, in image, in plate: HG. Inue; below image, numbered at left, in plate: 2; below image: Tristiciam, et luctus abigit procul Hesperus omnes, / Exhilaratqué hominum mentes, curásque repellit. (The Evening Star drives all the sadness and all th sorrows far away, people become cheerful again and care is banished.)
[Latin translation from Leeflang, Huigen, and Ger Luijten. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2003, p. 217.]

Wikidata ID

Q76557586

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